Gjina Lucaj is an accomplished corporate attorney and partner at the international law firm Foley & Lardner LLP. At Foley, Gjina works on mergers & acquisitions, private equity transactions, and offerings, and has represented some of Michigan and the U.S.’s largest companies, retailers, and providers in multi-billion dollar sales and transactions. Gjina graduated from the University of Michigan summa cum laude and obtained her law degree from Wayne State University Law School, where she was elected to Order of the Coif, an honor society for law school graduates, and also served as an editor for the Wayne Law Review. During her time in law school, she clerked for a federal judge and worked as a summer associate at Foley, where she became a partner after less than a decade at the firm. In this episode, we talk about her upbringing, the biggest lessons she's learned from her parents when it comes to work ethic and values, and what it takes to succeed at one of the country's top law firms.